Clip



June 21, 1932. H, s HANSON 1,863,902

CLIP

Filed Aug. 7, 1930 Patented June 21, 1932 UNITE armas Param ePrice HENRY S. HANSON, nF CHVICAGO, LLLNOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE C. H. HANSON .COMPAY, i OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, CORPORATION 0F ILINOIS i CMP vApplication filed August 7,

The invention relates to clips and'has as its prime object the production of aclip capable of holding al plurality of plates such 4as automobile license plates in rigid and in- 5 separable association with each other.

Itis an object of the invention to provide la clipcapable of performing the above and other functions whichmay be readily stamped Afrom sheet material and bent to form means 10- for engaging an element ofone of theA plates to thereby assist in holding the clip and license plate against displacement.v It is an object ofthe invention to provide va. construction having connected elements whichV are held in spaced relation to each other to provide for the reception of said plates between said elements, the plates being ield in said space by means of fastening devices which are passed through apertures provided in the clip and forced through said plates, the fastening devices having an end thereof peened over to provide a head which cooperates with the material surrounding said apertures to prevent withdrawal of the fastening means from the plate and clip, the former of which is usually formed of some relatively thin gaged sheet material.

It is an object of the invention to provide a construction such as that referred to, hav-v ing means for engaging a bead or an edge of the license plate to thereby prevent lateral displacement of the plate and the clip.

The invention has these and other objects all of which will be explained in detail and more readily understood when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing which illustrates various embodiments of which the invention is susceptible, it beingl therefore, obvious that other arrangements may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the appended claims forming a 1930. serial ne. 4735s?.

Fig. 3 is a section taken of Fig. l; Fig. l is a section taken on the line 4 4 o Fig. 1; i

Fi g. 5 is a view of a blank'which is bent Atoon the 'line .-3-r-3 designated l-'and range one of the elements such as'13 adja` cent the other elementll with a `space 16 provided between said elements for the reception of license plates 11 and 12 which are inserted in said space.

The elements 13 and 14 are each providedvk with apertures designated 17, 18, 19 and v20,` V

which are respectively provided adjacent the opposite ends of said elements 13 and 14 and are provided to respectively receive a fastening element such as that designated 21, which in the present instance isin the form of a rivet. These fastening devices have the usual head and shank 22, the latter of which is inserted in an aperture such as that designated 1.7 and then driven through the material forming the license plate and driven into and through the aperture such as 18. The Yone end of the fastening devicejis then peened over as indicated at 23 whichsecurelyholds the license p latesbetween the two elements 1,3 and 14. It will be noted that the mate ial I of the elements 13 surrounding the apertures 18 and-2O forms in effect a washer which will resist withdrawal of the fastening device and thus prevent separation of the license plate and theclip. One of the elements such as 14 is provided with a portion 24 which is arranged transversely of the element'ltand' in the present instance lis constructed to provide a groove 25l into which the bead 2.6 of the license plate such as 11 is adapted to be arranged. A

1t is manifest that theV structure including the groove provides a means for cooperat` ing with the bead 26 to thus hold the clip in proper relation to the plate such as 11. The structure illustrated in Fig. 6 contemplates the utilization of a single member 27 having apertures 28 and 29 located adjacent the A opposite ends thereof, the latter of which are manifest that a simple construction is provided Which may be stamped from a sheet of material and then bent in a manner to provide a space in which the license plates such as 11 and 12 may be inserted and held.

It is further manifest that the structure provides means which cooperates With the fastener to effectually resist any attempt to separate the clip and plate by tearing the material of the plate at the upset portion of the rivet and thus causing separation of the plate and clip.

member, and providing means through which a fastener may be passed.

3. A clip comprised of elements each having an aperture provided at the opposite ends thereof, one of said elements having a` transverse groove provided therein, a member eX- tending between said elements arranged in spaced relation to the opposite ends of said elements and providing a connector connecting said elements, said connector being adapted to be bent to arrange one of said elements adjacent and in spaced relation to the other to thereby provide a space in Which a plate may be arranged and held by the opposite ends of said clip.

1. A clip comprised of elements each hav- Ving an aperture provided at the opposite ends thereof, a member extending from one element to the other transversely to said elements providing a connector connecting saidV elements, said connector being capable of being bent to arrange one of said elements in parallel relation to the other to thereby7 provide a space at the opposite ends of said elements in which a plate may be inserted and held by means of a member passed through said aperture.l

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 1st day of August, A. D. 1930.

HENRY S. HANSON.

Having thus described the invention what I claim and desire to cover by Letters Patent 1. A clip comprised of a pair of members and means integral with said members providing a connection between saidI members, said means providing means for maintaining said members in spaced relation to each other, one of said members having located between an end thereof and said means extending transversely thereof, the other member eX- tending across the grooved portion, a grooved portion and both of said members having registering apertures provided adjacent the Aopposite ends thereof, providing means the apertures in one member being in register With the apertures'provided in the other CERTIFICATE or ooRREcnoN.

Patent No. 1,863,902. June 21, 1932.

HENRY S. HANSON.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 43, claim `1, before the word "located" insert the words a grooved portion, and lines 46 and 47, same claim, strike out the words "a groovedportion"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 4th day of October, A. D. 1932.

M. J. Moore, (Seel) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

